Lightspeed Venture Invests $2.8M in Crypto Market Maker Wintermute
Funding will go towards expanding its liquidity products across the crypto derivatives market.
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Blockchain Bites: Crypto’s Bailout Millions, Brazil’s Binance Ban, Lightning’s Bug
Crypto firms received at least $30 million in government-backed loans, Brazil bans Binance’s derivatives trading and Mercedes Benz’ parent tests blockchain.
FATF Plans to Strengthen Global Supervisory Framework for Crypto Exchanges
The international financial watchdog will meet in October to discuss creating a stronger global framework for the regulation of cryptocurrencies.
Binance Expands Reach With New Gateway for 15 Fiat Currencies
Binance users can keep their fiat funds with new partner Etana while buying and selling crypto assets on the exchange.
Crypto Tracer Chainalysis Raises $13M as It ‘Doubles Down’ on Government Ties
Chainalysis is also adding former Treasury Department official Sigal Mandelker on as an advisor.
With Chat Privacy Under Threat in US, Firm Develops ‘100% User-Controlled’ Messaging
Unstoppable Domains is working to give users full control over their chat data with a new decentralized protocol.
First Mover: Even Bank of America Acknowledges China Winning Digital-Currency Race
BoA researchers anticipate China’s digital yuan might make a dent in the greenback’s global hegemony.
Visa Seeks Ethereum Developer for New ‘Distributed Application’
The world’s largest payment network is looking for an Ethereum developer to help work on a new blockchain-based application.
Compound’s ‘Yield Farmers’ Briefly Turned BAT Into DeFi’s Largest Coin
The digital advertising token briefly became bigger than ether in the decentralized finance space, thanks to popular lending protocol Compound.
Arca Labs Launches Ethereum-Based SEC-Registered Fund
After nearly 20 months of discussions, the Los Angeles money manager finally cleared a hurdle involving what appears to be the first regulated fund represented by digital shares.
